Date: Fri Jul 26 00:51:18 EDT 1996Subject: A.Word.A.Day--highbinderhigh.bind.er \-.bi-n-d*r\ n [the Highbinders, gang of vagabonds in New York City ab1806] 1: a professional killer operating in the Chinese quarter of an American city 2: a corrupt or scheming politician

Dear Zed: here is a long article about the Highbindersfrom Harper's Weekly of 1883 (hope I got that right).It tells a lot about their activities, but I didn't seea discussion of how the name "Highbinder" originated.

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